Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, (Greek: Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς) better known as CySEC, is the financial regulatory agency of Cyprus. As an EU member state, CySEC's financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς
Agency overview
Formed2001 (2001)
JurisdictionRepublic of Cyprus
HeadquartersNicosia, Cyprus
Employees103 (2017)
Agency executive
  • Dr. George Theocharides, Chairman
Websitewww.cysec.gov.cy

A significant number of overseas retail forex brokers have obtained registration from CySEC. Before 2018, CySEC had been a regulator of choice for many binary options brokers.

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